Joshua Holcomb, IV

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Joshua Holcomb, IV

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1784 (59-60)
Connecticut, USA (smallpox)
Place of Burial: East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joshua Holcombe, III and Mary Bancroft Holcombe
Husband of Martha Holcomb
Father of Joshua Holcomb, V; Caleb Holcomb, Sr.; Amasa Holcomb; Ahinoam Hayes; Hannah Gillet and 1 other
Brother of Bathsheba Halladay; Joel Holcomb; Capt. Hezekiah Holcombe; Keziah Alderman; Zylpha Rogers and 5 others

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About Joshua Holcomb, IV

Son of Mary Bancroft Griffin and Joshua Holcomb III. Died of smallpox.

Transcribed as in the 161st year of his age (he died at age 60).

Married to Martha Griffin. Possible Children: Leonard; Joshua P.; Caleb; Martha; Ahinoam; Bathsheba; Hannah; Zekoah Hesse; Amasa; and Zilpah.

Joshua Holcomb IV is recognized by the NSDAR as a patriot of the Revolutionary War (A056831). In December 1776, at the request of the governor of Connecticut, he was one of many who donated money to pay for transporting cannons and supplies from the iron foundry in Salisbury in the northwestern part of the state to Hartford for distribution to the coast. Those who descend from him and can prove it are eligible to join the DAR or SAR.

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Joshua Holcomb, IV's Timeline

1724
February 2, 1724
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
1752
January 13, 1752
January 25, 1752
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1756
January 11, 1756
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
1757
March 18, 1757
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1764
March 8, 1764
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
1768
September 19, 1768
Wells, York County, Maine, United States
1784
1784
Age 59
Connecticut, USA
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East Granby Smallpox Cemetery, East Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States